iFAST Global Bank has launched SEPA Instant and SCT services, expanding its European payment capabilities for businesses and financial institutions.

As digital money evolves, regulators and industry leaders are focused on preserving cash, choice, resilience, and financial inclusion.

LSEG’s Global Account Verification service helps organisations verify payee details, supporting safer cross-border payments and compliance.

Paysafe will host a London rooftop event exploring platform growth, embedded payments, and regulatory challenges with industry leaders.

UK crypto firms will need FCA authorisation by October 2027, with applications opening in September 2026 for regulated activities.

The UK’s Payments Forward Plan outlines major regulatory changes across payments, cryptoassets, Open Banking, and safeguarding through 2027.

The FCA has outlined new priorities for payment firms, focusing on innovation, consumer protection, operational resilience, and safeguarding.

HM Treasury plans to bring stablecoins into UK payments regulation as part of wider reforms to modernise digital payments.

Agentic payments could reshape online commerce, but AI-driven transactions raise new legal, regulatory, and authentication challenges for providers.

Political change, financial risk, and emerging technologies are reshaping payments regulation as firms prepare for major reforms in 2026 and beyond.

The UK’s new cryptoasset regime will regulate qualifying cryptoassets and stablecoins under FSMA from October 2027.

Torus and SRM will host a webinar on improving acquiring profitability under IC++ pricing models.

Edenred Payment Solutions will host a webinar exploring how retailers can scale and optimise prepaid gift card programmes in 2026.

Stablecoins could reshape B2B payments, but adoption depends on trusted infrastructure, interoperability, and regulatory clarity.

Vivox AI is helping financial firms improve KYB and AML operations through AI-driven onboarding and compliance workflows.

Clear Junction’s guide explores how remittance operators can improve rail access, settlement predictability and corridor economics.